List Of Decades
This is a LIST OF DECADES from the beginning of the 1
8th century BC
to the end of the 2
1st century AD, including links to corresponding
articles with more information about them. During the 20th century, it became common to consider individual
decades as historical entities in themselves. Particular trends,
styles, and attitudes would be associated with and regarded as
defining particular decades (which became known as "The Twenties ",
"
The Sixties ", and so on)
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1910s
The 1910S (pronounced "nineteen-tens", also abbreviated as the
"teens") was a decade of the
Gregorian calendarGregorian calendar that began on January
1, 1910, and ended on December 31, 1919. The
1910s1910s represented the
culmination of European militarism which had its beginnings during the
second half of the 19th century. The conservative lifestyles during
the first half of the decade, as well as the legacy of military
alliances , was forever changed by the assassination , on June 28,
1914, of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand , the heir presumptive to the
Austro-Hungarian throne . The murder triggered a chain of events in
which, within 33 days,
World War IWorld War I broke out in
EuropeEurope on August 1,
1914. The conflict dragged on until a truce was declared on November
11, 1918, leading to the controversial, one-sided Treaty of Versailles
, which was signed on June 28, 1919
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Millennium
A MILLENNIUM (plural MILLENNIA or MILLENNIUMS) is a period equal to
1000 years , also called kiloyears. It derives from the
LatinLatin mille,
thousand, and annus, year. It is often, but not always, related to a
particular dating system . Sometimes, it is used specifically for periods of a thousand years
that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the
calendar in consideration (typically the year "1"), or in later years
that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after it. The term
can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date.
Frequently in the latter case (and sometimes also in the former) it
may have religious or theological implications (see millenarianism ).
Sometimes in use, such an interval called a "millennium" might be
interpreted less precisely, i.e., not always being exactly 1000 years
long. It could be, for example, 1050, etc
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1950s
The 1950S (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the
\'50S or FIFTIES) was a decade of the
Gregorian calendar that began on
January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. By its end, the world had largely recovered from World War II and the
Cold War developed from its modest beginning in the late-
1940s to a
hot competition between the
United States and the
Soviet Union by the
early-1960s. Clashes between communism and capitalism dominated the decade,
especially in the
Northern Hemisphere . The conflicts included the
Korean War in the beginnings of the decade and the beginning of the
Space Race with the launch of
Sputnik 1 . Along with increased testing
of nuclear weapons (such as
RDS-37 and Upshot–Knothole ), this
created a politically conservative climate
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1920s
The
1920 was a decade of the
Gregorian calendar that began on January
1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. In
North America , it is
frequently referred to as the "
Roaring Twenties " or the "
Jazz Age ",
while in
Europe the period is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Age
Twenties " because of the economic boom following
World War I .
French speakers refer to the period as the "
Années folles " (“Crazy
Years”), emphasizing the era's social, artistic, and cultural
dynamism. The economic prosperity experienced by many countries during the
1920s (especially the United States) was similar in nature to that
experienced in the 1950s and 1990s. Each period of prosperity was the
result of a paradigm shift in global affairs
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